I am what I hate

Now I hate who I am



I torture animals 

So I can have shiny, bouncy hair

Blinding rats and rabbits 

So my mascara is safe to wear



I pay children seven cents an hour 

To make my designer jeans

Nine years old, sixteen hours

Behind those sewing machines 



And it doesn't seem to bother me

I am only concerned with my personal needs

And it doesn't occur to me

That everything I do

Affects something, someone, somewhere out there

In the world

I'm a selfish girl



I throw away more food in a day

Than most people eat in a week

I allow myself the luxury of starving

Because thin is in, and I have the choice



I stand by allowing crime to happen

Cause I don't want to strain my voice

I don't want to get involved

Because, hey, it's not my problem to solve



And it doesn't seem to bother me

I am only concerned with my personal needs

And it doesn't occur to me

That everything I do

Affects something, someone, somewhere out there

In the world

I'm a selfish girl



There are so many things wrong in the world

It's hard to not be part of the problem

But I have to be responsible

I have to bear the blame

Because everywhere I turn

I am causing someone else's pain

I don't want to cause anybody else's pain



And it definitely bothers me 

That I've only been concerned with my personal needs

And it finally occurred to me

That everything I do

Affects something, someone, somewhere out there

In the world

I don't want to be a selfish girl



I just take, take, take, take, take, take

From this world

I don't want to be a selfish girl

I don't want to be a selfish girl